Bay Area renters could be in jeopardy amid new wave of aid denials
Da Vina Teasley paid the rent regularly at her Richmond home for two decades before COVID-19 hit. The pandemic took away her job, sent her to the hospital for a
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Elon Musk Buys San Francisco-Based Twitter for $44B
Elon Musk has officially bought Twitter, the social media company’s board announced Monday. Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, offered $44 billion to purchase the company and make it private. But
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Bay Area Community Commemorates Armenian Genocide
People gathered at Mt. Davidson in San Francisco Sunday to mark the 107th anniversary of the start of the Armenian Genocide. On Sunday, April 24, 1915, the first steps were
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Santa Cruz Couple Arrested After Dog Fight Leads To Suspected Hate Crime
The Santa Cruz Police Department is investigating an assault of a man walking his dog Saturday as a hate crime. Police said the man suffered minor injuries when he was
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Girl Paralyzed in 2011 Hit and Run in San Jose Dies of Her Injuries
A teen who was severely injured in a hit-and-run in San Jose more than 11 years ago died this week as a result of her injuries, according to San Jose
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Bay Area nonprofit sends life-saving portable incubators for premature babies in Ukraine
Two hundred portable incubators, made using technology co-invented by a Stanford MBA more than 10 years ago, are on their way to provide life-saving warmth to babies born prematurely in
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Elon Musk wants free speech on Twitter after spending years silencing critics
If Elon Musk is able to take over Twitter Inc., his biggest promise is to transform it into a platform for free speech with few restrictions — something he calls
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VTA ends mask mandate days after federal judge strikes down national mask requirement
The Valley Transportation Authority announced Wednesday it was dropping its mask requirements aboard VTA buses, light rail and paratransit vehicles and at VTA facilities. The news comes after a federal
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Musk go-private tweet ruled false by judge, Tesla investors say
Tesla Inc. shareholders suing over Elon Musk’s 2018 tweet about taking the company private say they won a key ruling in the run-up to a fraud trial with billions of
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Putin says Russia should redirect energy to ‘the south and the east’
With the United States banning Russian energy imports, and Europe weighing how far to go in doing the same, President Vladimir Putin of Russia told top officials and industry representatives
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